Wednesday, February 13, 2013

in life and in dust

most saturday mornings growing up involved dustingthat was my jobtake the lemon pledgeand the dust rag and dust every wooden surface upstairsdustwe don't likedustmy cousin philipused to ponder whether one should dust before vacuuming or vacuum before dustinghe believed that the vacuumstirred up the dust which meant the table topsgot dusty soonervacuum then dust he saidand yetwe really never get rid of dustall we do is move it aroundand then days likeash wednesday roll around and we remember we came from dustGOD breathed into the dust of the earthand created humanswe are dustwe are dustyand our dust is the resultof GOD'simagination and joyand lovewe are dustwe are dustyyou have no more dust than ii have no more dust than youwe are as dusty as each otherwe dusty humans like to think we aren't dustywhen we feel all polished and shinywe have the tendency to get all uppity but no matterdust gets on the top shelfjust as easily as it gets on the bottom shelfyou are dusti am dustand we are dusty togetheras much as we don't like dustwe can't get around the factswe are dustand in the end this is good newsfor it was is and will beGOD breathedbreathesand will breatheinto the dustand GOD's breathcreatesand the dust transformsin life and dustwe belong to GOD

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a bit of my story

My grandmother taught me the art of laughter. She also taught me to be honest about life. Along the way as I share the ups and downs of my journey I consistently bump into laughter.
Laughter is a many sided gift of which humor is only one aspect. I believe laughter is like prayer....with faith and hope there is always space for laughter. We laugh....for the last word will be justice and liberation and goodness!

faith and life

faith is an integral part of my life. every aspect of life holds a dose of faith.

Bishop Desmund Tutu

There are so many good people and so many beautiful things, and I want to be able to luxuriate in contemplating the goodness, the beauty, the laughter and the courage that is in the world.

ee cummings

the most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

Mark Twain:

"The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter."

Ricardo Levins Morales:

"Laughter is the sound of hope - Hope is the seed of power - Power is the combined force of a multitude of voices joined together...that began as a mere whisper, lost in the immense darkness and the ferocious cold and only kept alive by small improbable notes of laughter."

Anne Lamott:

“Laughter is carbonated holiness, It is effervescent, full of fizz.

A smile, a grin, or full-bodied laughter is such a gift in our super-serious world. It reminds us of friendship, of joy, of playfulness. And, it’s contagious."

Karl Barth:

"Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God."

Francois Fenelon:

"And the selfsame well from which laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears."